Budding Inventor

Derry Village School Kindergarten student Rebecca King shows off her “Happy Buddy,” an invention for cold and lonely kids that she came up with for the school’s Invention Convention last week. Students of all grades participated in the event, which was combined with a book fair. Photo by Chris Paul

In the Community...

March is “Food for Fines” month at the Hampstead Public Library. Any Hampstead Library patron who has fines and overdue materials out is asked to return them with a donation of items for the local Food Pantry. Bring in non-perishable foods, toiletries, or paper goods and the library will forgive any fines assessed in 2015

Free tax preparation is available to area residents with a maximum income of $14,590 for singles and $60,000 for families) at Southern New Hampshire Services/Rockingham Community Action, 9 Crystal Ave. The VITA (Volunteer Income Tax Preparation) Program is designed to help lower-income taxpayers get refunds and improve their financial positions through advice from trained volunteers.

Young Adult voting on New Hampshire’s Flume and Isinglass award-winning book titles is ongoing through March 31, and is open to all students in grades 6 through 12. The Isinglass Award nominees are books recommended by middle school students. The Flume Award nominees are books recommended by high school students. Lists of the titles are available in the